Voluntary and Community Sector

Working to improve the relationship between the County Council and the Voluntary and Community Sector

Welcome to Worcestershire County Council website for grants to voluntary and community organisations.

Grants are offered to:

• Groups that are non-statutory organisations
• Groups that operate in the not-for-profit sector
• Groups that are able to demonstrate their ability, through a grant award, to deliver benefit to the community within the period of the grant, and to sustain their activities
• Groups whose activities benefit residents of Worcestershire
• Groups whose activities clearly contribute to or support our funding priorities

The first round of County Council grants have now been awarded to the following organisations:

COMMUNITY GRANTS

Celebrating Cultural Diversity

• Ashton Under Playgroup
• Redditch West Indian Association
• Romani Roots
• Talking Drums

Grant Lead contact is Rukhsana Koser on 01905 766938

First Base Arts

• Asha Wyre Forest
• Ashton Under Playgroup
• Celebrating English Song at Tardgebigge
• Cookley Local Agenda 21
• Cookoo's Nest Theatre Company
• Creative Malvern
• Evesham Arts Centre
• Honeybourne Youth Club
• Musix X
• New Horizons Youth Arts Group
• Perdiswell Drama Club
• Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Club
• Redditch Chinese Association
• Redditch West Indian Association
• Romani Roots
• Ronkswood Community Centre/Horizon
• Rushwick Drama Group
• Stardust Players
• Swan Playwrights
• Talking Drums
• The Odell Trust, Wyre Forest
• Tolly Community Centre
• Wallace House Crew
• Worcester Concert Club
• Worcestershire Active Inclusive Forum

Grant Lead contact is Debbie Birch on 01905 766230

Reuse and Recycle

• Boomerang
• Motov8
• National Childbirth Trust
• NewSong Community Church
• Newton Farm Community Association
• Worcestershire Lifestyles Lifetech Recycling Unit

Grant Lead contact is Chris Atkinson on 01905 768227

STRATEGIC GRANTS

Access to Information

• Wyvern Advice Partnership

Grant Lead contact is Suzy James on 01905 728650

Children and Young People

• Motov8
• Redditch YMCA
• Wallace House
• West Mercia Women's Aid
• YSS Young Carers

Grant Lead contact is Pete Sugg on 01905 765793

Mental Health

• Maggs Day Centre
• The Asha Centre
• Worcestershire Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre

Grant Lead contact is Sarah Edwards on 01905 734546

Round 2

Round (2) of the grants programme will be launched September 2008. There will be  two types of grants available for organisations to apply for:

• Strategic Grants
• Community Grants for one year or one off activity

For general information about the grant programme contact VCS Unit Co-ordinator Suzy James on 01905 728650  

Further information

Worcestershire Partnership website